The Mother in 1918
![I began my Yoga in 1904 without a Guru; in 1908 I received important help from a Mahratta Yogi [Lele] and discovered the foundations of my Sadhana; but from that time till the Mother came to India I received no spiritual help from anyone else.](https://sa15.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/6_22-e1502793528702.jpg)
I began my Yoga in 1904 without a Guru; in 1908 I received important help from a Mahratta Yogi [Lele] and discovered the foundations of my Sadhana; but from that time till the Mother came to India I received no spiritual help from anyone else.